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09 October 2024
The World Customs Organization (WCO) conducted a Risk Management Workshop for the Ethiopian Customs Commission (ECC) in Addis Ababa from 30 September to 4 October 2024.
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08 October 2024
The WCO’s Accelerate Trade Facilitation Programme, funded by the United Kingdom via His Majesty’s Revenue & Customs (HMRC), enabled an exchange of best practice by the South African Revenue Service (SARS) to the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), pertaining to implementation of Post Clearance Audit (PCA), Authorized Economic Operator (AEO) and Risk Management (RM).
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08 October 2024
In a demonstration of the World Customs Organization’s (WCO) commitment to strengthening global trade and Customs cooperation, WCO Secretary General Ian Saunders attended the FIATA World Congress in Panama City and the BASC Global Conference in Miami.
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08 October 2024
On 23 and 24 September 2024, the World Customs Organization (WCO), in collaboration with Benin Customs, held a follow‑up mission in Cotonou (Benin) on implementing the Gender Equality and Diversity in Customs (GEDC) policy.
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08 October 2024
From 22-26 September 2024, the Jordan Customs Department (JCD) benefited from the experiences of experts from Mauritius and Spain experts in Amman under the WCO Anti-Corruption & Integrity Promotion (A-CIP) Programme for Customs.
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08 October 2024
Since joining the Anti-Corruption & Integrity Promotion (A-CIP) Programme in 2019, Mozambique Customs and the World Customs Organization (WCO) have worked closely to improve communication with the private sector and strengthen mutual collaboration, in line with the “Relationship with the Private Sector” key factor of the WCO Revised Arusha Declaration.
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07 October 2024
From 23 to 27 September 2024, the WCO Smart Customs Project organized its second Regional Workshop on Disruptive Technologies, this time in Jakarta, Indonesia, for the Asia/Pacific region.
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04 October 2024
The 34th Meeting of the Revised Kyoto Convention Management Committee (RKC/MC) convened from 2 to 3 October 2024 in a hybrid format.
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04 October 2024
The COMESA Secretariat convened a technical workshop in Zambia from 23 to 25 September 2024 to review the COMESA Protocol on Rules of Origin (RoO) with the support of the EU-WCO RoO Africa Programme.
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03 October 2024
This Thursday marks an important step in the collaboration between the World Customs Organization (WCO) and the European Space Agency (ESA).
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03 October 2024
At the invitation of Mexico’s Head of the National Customs Agency, Mr Andre Foullon Van Lissum in his role as permanent secretary of COMALEP (The Multilateral Agreement for Cooperation and Mutual Assistance for Customs from Latin America, Spain and Portugal) and the Director General for Customs of the Spanish Tributary Agency, Ms. Nerea Rodriguez Entremonzaga, as the hosting country, on the 25th and 26th of September, the WCO Deputy Secretary General, Mr. Ricardo Treviño Chapa, assisted the XLIV Annual Customs Director’s Meeting from Latin America, Spain and Portugal.
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03 October 2024
The WCO, in a strategic partnership with the Togolese Revenue Office (OTR), led a comprehensive one-week gender equality and diversity (GED) monitoring mission from 16 to 20 September 2024 in Lomé, Togo.
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03 October 2024
Monday 23 September proved to be a special day for both the WCO and the General Department of Customs and Excise of Cambodia (GDCE) with Cambodia’s National Customs School being inaugurated as the WCO’s 11th Regional Training Centre for the Asia/Pacific and the ABF/WCO Supply Chain Integrity (SCI) Project launching its first regional seminar shortly after.
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03 October 2024
From 20 to 31 May 2024, the World Customs Organization (WCO), in cooperation with the Regional Intelligence Liaison Office (RILO) for the Asia-Pacific (A/P) region and under the sponsorship of the Japan Customs Cooperation Fund (CCF Japan), successfully conducted an operation codenamed “Operation Action IPR A/P III”.
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02 October 2024
On 1 October 2024, the Network for Gender Equality and Diversity (GED) in Customs of the World Customs Organization (WCO) held its Fourth Online Global Conference, bringing together the Customs community to exchange views on GED’s practices and latest developments in Customs administrations.
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02 October 2024
The EU-WCO Rules of Origin Africa Programme has released a new publication about the rules of origin (RoO) for the textile and vehicle sectors, titled “A Comparative Study of the Rules of Origin in the Textiles and Vehicles Sectors.”
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02 October 2024
From 16 to 20 September 2024, representatives from ECOWAS Member States held a study visit to the World Customs Organization Headquarters at the occasion of the 74th session of the Harmonized System Committee (HSC).
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02 October 2024
The WCO Technical Experts Group on Non-Intrusive Inspection (TEG-NII) held its 11th Meeting on 30 September and 1 October 2024 in a hybrid format.
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